Memorial to the martyrs of the 718 regiment

The monument to the martyrs of the 718 regiment consists of a cap, a body and a pedestal. The cap is 0.4 meters high, in a conical hexagon, 0.4 meters on each side and 2.4 meters in circumference. It is inlaid on the body of the monument. The height of the monument is 2.2 meters, the upper width is 0.48 meters, the middle width is 0.52 meters, and the lower width is 0.58 meters. Mafang village now belongs to Nanniwan Town, Baota District, Yan'an City. From 1941 to 1944, the 718 regiment of the 359 brigade of the 120th division of the Eighth Route Army was stationed here. In memory of the revolutionary comrades who died bravely in the battle, all the officers and men of the 718 regiment set up a monument to the martyrs on the hillside of Mafang in the autumn of 1944. In March 1947, when Hu zongnan's army invaded Yan'an, the monument was damaged and the inscription was hard to recognize. The local people had to go through many difficulties to protect the monument. The front of the monument is basically intact, with the inscription "national hero forever" on the top and "memorial to Anti Japanese soldiers" in the middle, signed by General Wang Zhen, commander of 359 brigade. On the left and right sides of the monument are the names of the martyrs, with 14 lines on each side and 16 people on each line, a total of 448 people. The pedestal is a square stone with a height of 0.5 meters and a width of 0.9 meters on each side. On the back of the stele is an inscription.

Address: Nanniwan Town, Baota District, Yan'an City, Shaanxi Province

Longitude: 109.65747

Latitude: 36.323389